Proverbs 20:6
What does Proverbs 20:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 20:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth find?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Many men are called merciful: but who shall find a faithful man?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Micah 7:2
The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
- Jeremiah 5:1
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.
- Luke 18:28
And Peter said, Lo, we have left our own, and followed thee.
- Ecclesiastes 7:28
which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.
- Proverbs 27:2
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.
- Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
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